Apologies for the hiatus, but while we tried to fix the malware something had to drop off my schedule.
@NA: The priest hides in the attic, leaving his donkey around the back of your house.
@DD: You cut trees down, cut the wood up, then sell it. Nice and simple.
@DN: They don't talk, but thunder on towards the centre of the village - you follow them.
@Khan: You head home towards the middle of the village.
The leader of the horseman calls them to a halt, then trots into the middle of the central square.
"This is a routine visit for tax collection and inspections! Tax rates have gone up to one sixth of your earnings in the past year, plus any necessary supplies for local military garrisons. We have also been charged to search for several local vagabonds; a murderer, a tall man with black hair and a cut on his cheek, a roguish trickster who appeared to be in the guise of a priest, a young woman who escaped from domestic service to the marshal, and an elderly man accused of poisoning his neighbour. Any information you can give us would be well received."
The populace start muttering grimly about the high taxes, but a few begin to head to their homes - probably to stash away particularly valuable good the soldiers might take.
